Chapter 4 - English society at the end of the fifteenth century

Question 1

What was the system like in England?

Answer 1

Stratified

Question 2

How many of the population died due to the black death in 1348-1349?

Answer 2

20-40%

Question 3

What did the deaths in the black death cause a shortage of?

Answer 3

Land usage and food

Question 4

How many men did the peerage comprise of?

Answer 4

50/60

Question 5

Why was Henry VII reluctant to create new peerage titles?

Answer 5

He was deeply distrustful of the nobility as a class

Question 6

What was bastard feudalism?

Answer 6

Wealthy magnates recruited knights and gentlemen to serve them as administrators

Question 7

When was a law against retaining established?

Answer 7

1487

Question 8

What was under the act in 1504?

Answer 8

Licences for retaining could be sought

Question 9

Who was indicted for illegal retaining in 1506?

Answer 9

Lord Burgavenny

Question 10

How much was Lord Burgavenny fined?

Answer 10

£75,550

Question 11

How many attainders were passed in Henry’s reign?

Answer 11

138

Question 12

How many attainders were passed in 1509?

Answer 12

56

Question 13

Who was below the peerage?

Answer 13

Gentry

Question 14

Who did the gentry sought to as confirmation of their social status?

Answer 14

Knighthoods

Question 15

How many knights were there in 1490?

Answer 15

375

Question 16

How did the gentry posses social prestige?

Answer 16

Dominating local office

Question 17

Who was an important figure part of the gentry?

Answer 17

Sir Reginald Bray

Question 18

What were curates an chantry priests modestly rewarded for?

Answer 18

Dealing with the spiritual needs of ordinary folk

Question 19

Who were the two important clergymen in Henry VII reign?

Answer 19

John Morton and Richard Fox

Question 20

Why was there an emergence in commoners?

Answer 20

The black death reduced the population which meant there was less demand for land and this resulted in a drop in land values

Question 21

When was the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 21

1489

Question 22

What sparked the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 22

The resentment of taxation granted in 1489

Question 23

Why was taxation granted in 1489?

Answer 23

To finance the involvement of English forces in the campaign in Brittany

Question 24

Who was murdered in the Yorkshire rebellion?

Answer 24

Earl of Northumberland

Question 25

When was the Cornish rebellion?

Answer 25

1497

Question 26

What was the Cornish rebellion triggered by?

Answer 26

The need for revenue to finance campaign against Scotland

Question 27

How many people were involved in the Cornish Rebellion?

Answer 27

150,000

Question 28

Who tried to exploit the Cornish Rebellion?

Answer 28

Perkin Warbeck

Question 29

What did Henry have to to do to ensure effective suppression of the Cornish Rebellion?

Answer 29

Withdraw Lord Daubeney and his troops from defending the Scottish border

Question 30

Who was the Cornish Rebellion crushed by?

Answer 30

Daubeny